Luís Ferreira was born in 1969 in Vale de Cambra, Portugal. He graduated in applied physics (optics and electronics) in 1991 and obtained the MSc degree (optoelectronics and lasers) in 1995, both from the University of Porto, Portugal. In 2000, he received his PhD degree in physics from the same university, after developing part of his research work in fiber-optic sensing at the physics department of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, U.S. Between 2000 and 2001, he was an invited assistant professor of the physics department of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto. During 1999 and 2000, he was also an invited lecturer at the physics department of the University of Aveiro and at the physics section, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro. From 2001 to 2003, he was manager of the Advanced Development Unit at MultiWave Networks, Portugal. Presently, he is a senior researcher at INESC Porto and engineering director at FiberSensing. He is also a member of the scientific council of INESC Porto and a member of the remuneration committee of FiberSensing.